Who says democracy's in crisis?

[alexsarll]

So I went to do my democratic duty by sitting in the park reading a so-so X-Men crossover - sorry, I mean by voting for whichever seemed like the least worst option in today's European elections, just by way of keeping the christians and the Nazis out. Went en route to signing on, round about school hometime; left extra time because I assumed a lot of mums would be there as part of the same trip, some with kids in tow, which always slows things down. And hey, even this close to the Andover Estate most mums are old enough to vote (I'm joking, of course - the Andover Estate has its own polling station).
There was precisely one other voter in there. And the ballot boxes looked worryingly reminiscent of shredders.

Comments

[angelv.livejournal.com]

There were a few people in mine and no shredding. Are we Haringey types more politically conscious, more tidy, or was it just that we all went at the same time, on our way to work?

[barrysarll.livejournal.com]

I imagine there might have been more of a rush then, aye - though Lizzy seems not to have found it so. Jo's just gone now so will ask her what the crowd was like when she returns, since that should have caught the commuter hometime.